James Davison confirmed for Daytona 500, Indy 500 double

James Davison is set to compete in both the 2020 Daytona 500 and Indy 500 through a partnership involving Jonathan Byrd’s Racing and Hayward Motorsports.

You’ve heard of the Danica Double. Now you have the Davison Double.

James Davison, whose NASCAR experience is limited to four starts in the Xfinity Series, is slated to make his Cup Series debut in the 62nd annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in February through a partnership involving Jonathan Byrd’s Racing and Hayward Motorsports.

Just over three months later, he is slated to return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway to compete in the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500 driving through the same new partnership.

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RacinBoys Broadcasting Network first reported this news, and it has since been confirmed by several sources, including Davison himself on Twitter.

Danica Patrick is the most recent driver to compete in both races in the same season, doing so in the 2018 season after retiring from full-time Cup Series competition following 2017. Unfortunately for her, she crashed out of both events.

Her start in the Indy 500 was her first IndyCar start since she walked away from full-time competition in America’s premier open-wheel racing series after 2011.

Davison has competed in the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” five times, all in the last six seasons. He has driven in the race with backing from Byrd before, doing so in 2018 with A.J. Foyt Enterprises and then earlier this year with Dale Coyne Racing.

The 33-year-old Australian‘s best effort in this 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway Indiana came this past May. He qualified in a career-high 15th place and ran in the top 10 before early pit troubles. After falling two laps off the lead lap, he recovered to finish in a career-high 12th.

His only four Xfinity Series starts came in road course races, so he has never competed at the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) high-banked Daytona International Speedway oval in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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The 62nd annual Daytona 500 is scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 16, and it is set to be broadcast live on Fox from Daytona International Speedway beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET. The 104th running of the Indianapolis 500 is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 24 and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC from Indianapolis Motor Speedway beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET.

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